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Pavement Reunion Tour: Band Set to Play Colorado’s 1stBank Center on Sept. 9. Tix on Sale March 12
[caption id="attachment_5391" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Pavement will play a Sept. 9 reunion show at the new 1stBank Center in Broomfield"][/caption] Stephen Malkmus and his band Pavement are resurrecting themselves to play a reunion tour -- and Colorado's on the select list of U.S. tour dates. It's been awhile since the indie rock band hit the road, so this will be a very special concert for Broomfield's 1stBank Center. Pavement is slated to play the Colorado venue on Sept. 9. [+]String Cheese Incident: Red Rocks and Horning’s Hideout Tix on Sale Tuesday, Feb. 9 Buy Tickets On Band Site + Get Free SCI Download! Plus, Info on Red Rocks Travel Package
[caption id="attachment_5093" align="aligncenter" width="461" caption="String Cheese tix go on sale Tuesday, Feb. 9"][/caption] Get ready, set -- have your credit cards ready --'cause String Cheese Incident tickets go on sale tomorrow -- Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. String Cheese is selling tickets on its website at http://www.stringcheeseincident.com/liveincidents.html You need an account to buy the tickets, so go to the site to get the details. The band will headline Red Rocks July 23-25, and then play Oregon's Horning's Hideout July 29- Aug. [+]Pretty Lights: Colorado Tour 2010– Read About the Tour Stops in Boulder, Denver and Fort Collins.
[caption id="attachment_4985" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Pretty Lights is set to play a f,ull-run of Colorado shows"][/caption] It's been a very busy year for Colorado electro sensation Pretty Lights. The innovative techno act's been toured steadily around the country and getting ready for a trip to the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. Plus, -- Pretty Lights was just added to the famed Coachella music festival. Now Derek Smith and Pretty Lights will be making a full tour of Colorado's Front [+]String Cheese Incident Reunites: Red Rocks July 23-25 and Horning’s Hideout (Oregon) July 29- Aug. 1 “Incidents” Set for Summer 2010.
[caption id="attachment_4967" align="aligncenter" width="461" caption="String Cheese is back for the summer of 2010 -- Red Rocks dates set for July 23-25"][/caption] They're back. Last year, String Cheese Incident hinted at 2010 dates -- but today it's official. The band just announced a couple of "Incident" shows that will take place this summer. The big news -- the String Cheese Incident will be playing the very amazing Red Rocks Amphitheatre July-23-25. The AEG show will feature the Colorado band [+]Rothbury Festival 2010 -CANCELLED: Will Locals Will Be Putting On Their Own Smaller Rothbury Homegrown Fest? + 10,000 Lakes Festival is Also Put on Hold for 2010!
The Rothbury Festival has been cancelled for 2010! What's happening to this summer's music festivals? AEG and Madison House just announced that this year's 2010 Rothbury Festival was being cancelled -- but for some very unusual reasons. According to the festival's web site, the fest said, "A contributing factor to the decision is that due to various artists' recording and touring schedules, we now believe that timing will not allow for us to assemble the cutting edge roster that [+]Jay Farrar (Son Volt) + Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) = New CD Inspired by Jack Kerouac + Tuesday’s Concert at the Boulder Theater. Read the Colorado Daily Interview
[caption id="attachment_4752" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard show off their new music at the Boulder Theater Tuesday"][/caption] Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard never thought they'd be working together. The musicians had carved out successful careers, but their paths crossed when they started working on the music for a documentary about beat-generation writer Jack Kerouac. Now Farrar and Gibbard have a CD of tunes they composed based on Kerouac's words ("One [+]Hope for Haiti Telethon: Friday’s TV Special Stars Dave Matthews, Jay-Z, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, George Clooney, Wyclef Jean, Bono, Shakira and More
[caption id="attachment_4735" align="aligncenter" width="486" caption="Dave Matthews is one of the artists set to play Friday's Hope for Haiti telethon"][/caption] Top music stars and actors will be joining forces Friday to work on the televised "Hope for Haiti" telethon. The show will be broadcast from NY, LA, London and Haiti, and it will be televised on all the major networks, plus MTV, VH1, PBS, CNN and Bravo. The show will also be streamed on YouTube, MySpace and AOL. The [+]The Fray on Timbaland’s Denver Show- Tuesday Jan. 26 at the Gothic Theatre
[caption id="attachment_4596" align="aligncenter" width="445" caption="The Fray is set to join forces with Timbaland at the Gothic on Tuesday"][/caption] 2010 is going to be a great year for The Fray. The Colorado band's nominated for a couple of Grammies -- and now the group's been asked to play Timbaland's Jan. 26 show at the Gothic. What's the connection? The Fray appeared on the tune "Undertow" for Timbaland's latest CD, "Shock Value II" -- and Timbaland's now touring behind the "Shock Value II" [+]